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  • So much for that promise to myself

    Because of the events of this thread and I am not sure of the outcome of my appeal...I've had to look for a second job.

    See, I set up my "real job" to accomodate my tenative school schedule in the fall. I work nights, 20 hours a week. It would be all good, except, well...I am not sure if school is going to happen. Summers are always like this for me - a financial struggle til school starts and my first grant checks help me not only pay for school but catch up in other areas. Since all that is in limbo and I am not sure I am getting those funds...I've HAD to look for another job.

    I started my search last Friday and found a job the same day. I swore to every God imaginable that I would never do this line of work again...but, due to my current life circumstances, I have found that having this experience - 10 + years of it - tucked in my back pocket comes in handy.

    I will be waiting tables again...starting with training today @ 2pm. I can't believe it...I said I'd never do this again! I don't know if I am friendly enough. I've become so callous toward entitlement whores and gimme gimme types that I have some fear that I will blow up on one while in this line of work again.

    If anything...I am SURE I will have some posts to ad to the SC threads. So, wish me luck! I think I'll need it...
    Last edited by Rapscallion; 06-30-2009, 10:39 PM. Reason: Corrected link ~R
    "I'm still walking, so I'm sure that I can dance!" from Saint of Circumstance - Grateful Dead

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    Good luck!

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      Good luck! I find that we're more capable of putting up with BS when we have to put up with it. I used to work two jobs at a total of appx 70 hrs/week. I still work two jobs, but only 53 or so hours total. That 70 hours would kill me now, but then I don't have to work it either. Food and shelter is a powerful motivator.
      A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)

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        Real humans do what has to be done, even if it means breaking a promise to ourselves. Just remind yourself how far you've come, and that this will get you even further. Good luck!
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        Document everything
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